callous

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源自拉丁語 callōsus (皮肤硬的),源自callum (硬的皮肤) + -ōsus

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callous (比較級 more callous最高級 most callous)

  1. 冷淡的,无情的,铁石心肠
    She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.
    无情到会因为癌症病人戴假发而责备他。
    • 2021年9月15日,Laura Martin,“How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”,出自 BBC[1]:
      Re-watching some of the audition rounds of these shows now, you're struck by how callous the judges' comments often were, and how they presented a cruel spectacle in which the audience were set up to laugh at the "deluded" members of the public who believed they could sing.
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  2. 老茧

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callous (複數 callouses)

  1. callus的另一種寫法